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Primary progressive aphasia—differentiation from Alzheimer's disease

✍ Scribed by M-Marchsel Mesulam

Book ID
101467382
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1987
Tongue
English
Weight
209 KB
Volume
22
Category
Article
ISSN
0364-5134

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✦ Synopsis

In 1982, I described six patients who experienced a gradually worsening aphasia without the additional manifestations of dementia [lo}. Language abilities deteriorated relentlessly whereas most other cognitive and behavioral functions appeared relatively spared. Upon quantitative neuropsychological examination, many of these patients obtained normal and sometimes superior scores in tests of reasoning, visuospatial skills, and memory [l 11. Interpersonal conduct, social skills,

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